Venry Leo Aiello, 91, died peacefully on Thursday, April 4, 2013, with his children by his bedside. Aiello, born on Oct. 7, 1921 to the late Venry and Rose (Butera) Aiello, was a well-known hair stylist at his own Kenosha barber shop, Venry’s, which was known as “West Side City Hall” by many customers and friends. On July 21, 1945, at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, he married childhood sweetheart Josephine “Jay” Rose Fumo. She preceded him in death on Feb 21, 2007. Aiello, a lifelong Kenosha resident and a decorated World War II Army Ranger veteran, received a Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts and a European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Service Medal for his military service from Oct. 27, 1942 until his honorable discharge on Oct. 5, 1945. Aiello, known as a most outgoing and friendly man one could ever meet, was extremely civic minded. He was a president of the Kenosha Civic Council and a president of Kenosha Rotary West and, later, Kenosha Sunrise Rotary, which he founded. He was a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary. Aiello was president of Kenosha Taxpayers and also worked with United Way, helped form the St. Joseph High School Athletic Board, was a bell-ringer for Salvation Army, served on a parent advisory board for Tremper High School, was a co-founder of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars organization, was the founding member of the Knights of the Altar, and he was secretary of the barbers; union. He was past president of the Kenosha Library Board and, during his tenure, he spearheaded the building of Kenosha Southwest Library and the Kenosha North Library. For more than 62 years he was the owner and operator of Venry’s. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. Venry was most proud of his 61-year marriage to Jay, a renowned school teacher (Holy Rosary and Roosevelt). Surviving are his daughter, Lauren J. Aiello of Kenosha; sons David J. (Janet) Aiello of Kenosha, and Thomas J. (Pamela) Aiello of Delavan; grandchildren Gina Rae Aiello, Nicholas Venry Aiello, Chris Kauzrich, Lori Kauzrich, Anthony Franco, Jacob Franco, and Cecili Franco; great grandchildren Landon Venry Aiello, Zoey Rose Aiello, Jaydee Mariah Aiello, Brittany Rose Gross, Paris Johnson, Tessa Kauzrich, Giana Kauzrich, Paige Yoghourtjian, and Jordan Franco; great great-grandchildren Sky Lee and Hazel Moon; and sister-in-law Sr. Monica Fumo. A Mass of Christian Burial will beat St. Mary’s Catholic Church at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 8. Interment, with full military honors, will follow at St. George Cemetery. Visitation will be at St Mary’s Catholic Church at 12 noon Monday until the time of the Mass. Donations may be made to the family. The Aiello family thanks special neighbors Betty and Virgil Eaton, doctors (especially Dr. Shazia Mirza) and nurses, Kindred Nursing & Rehabilitation - Kenosha South and its staff, and, in his final days, Hospice Alliance, Inc. The family also thanks all of its relatives and friends. Please share your own memories of the “life of Venry Aiello.”Proko Funeral Home & Crematory5111-60th StreetKenosha, WI 53144Phone: (262) 654-3533Visit Venry's Online Memorial Book at:www.prokofuneralhome.com